The realities of multi-ethnic and migratory populations continue to make it hard to make simple policy statements about ID Cards. Any implementation based on some kind of segmentation of the target card-carrier population inevitably raises questions about consistency, national sovereignty and (for instance) the rights of EU citizens not to be obliged to carry the identity card of another EU state.
Today's BBC article highlights parts of the 'racial discrimination' minefield which legislation and policy must negotiate. It's always going to be hard to segment your target population and still argue that you're not discriminating, isn't it?


